Christine Chiricosta

Christine Chiricosta BGSU Invitational Sept 19 2010

Christine Chiricosta Sept 18-19 2010 BGSU invitational

Height:
5-5
Class:
Senior
High School:
Avon Lake
Hometown:
Avon Lake, Ohio

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CHIRICOSTA AND THE FALCONS
Arguably the most decorated player in BGSU tennis history ... a three-time Academic All-America selection, the lone player in program history to earn that honor even once ... named to the All-MAC Team in each of her four seasons ... was named to the Academic All-MAC Team in all three years of eligibility for the honor ... an ITA Scholar Athlete in each of her four seasons at BGSU ... the winningest player in school history, owning each of the program's three career wins records ... finished with a total of 178 combined career victories, the most in BGSU history ... had 89 singles wins and 89 doubles victories, ranking first on both BG lists ... final overall record of 178-69 includes a singles mark of 89-33 and a doubles ledger of 89-36 ... in 2009, became the first BGSU women’s tennis player in program history to be named an Academic All-American ... again earned Academic A-A honors in 2010 ... in her career, went a combined 11-1 in singles play at the BGSU Invitational, winning three singles flight titles ... helped BGSU to a total of 55 dual-match wins during her career, tying the school record for a four-year span.

2010-11
A Capital One Academic All-America First-Team selection ... it marked the third consecutive season in which she earned Academic A-A recognition, and the first time in BGSU tennis history that a player was named to the first team ... a 2010-11 co-captain ... earned the BGSU Department of Athletics Medal of Honor ... the Medal of Honor is the highest award given by the athletics department, and encompasses everything that a BGSU student-athlete should be ... was named to the All-MAC First Team for the second consecutive year ... also shared the MAC's Leann Grimes Davidge Sportsmanship Award ... that award, which is the result of voting by the MAC women's tennis student-athletes, is presented to the player or players who have displayed outstanding sportsmanship in MAC competition ... named to the Capital One (formerly ESPN The Magazine) Academic All-District First Team for the third consecutive year ... and, was named to the Academic All-MAC Team for the third year in a row as well ... additionally, was named an ITA Scholar Athlete for the fourth time in her career ... finished the season with an overall mark of 50-20, having played at the number-one flight in both singles and doubles ... that 50-win total tied her for fifth place on the BGSU single-season wins list ... had identical marks of 25-10 in both singles and doubles ... singles win total was fifth on the BG single-season list, and the doubles win total deadlocked her for fifth on that school chart ... teamed with Maddy Eccleston for all but one of those doubles matches ... that duo had an eight-match winning streak, with seven of those victories coming away from home, from Feb. 5 through the end of March ... tied the school record for overall wins with her singles win (a 6-0, 6-2 victory) at IUPUI on Jan. 29 ... broke the record, previously held by Deidee Bissinger, with a come-from-behind singles win at Butler the next day ... named the MAC Player of the Week on Feb. 2 after going 5-1 in three 7-0 BGSU victories (vs. Cleveland State, IUPUI and BU) that weekend ... then, on Feb. 27 at Detroit, broke the BG career record for singles wins, set by her former teammate, Stefanie Menoff ... topped Jenny Cheung's doubles wins record on April 2, combining with Eccleston for a victory against Ball State ... had an overall record of 20-6 in the fall ... went 11-2 in singles play, and was 9-4 in doubles action ... second on the team in singles wins in the fall, and tied for the team lead in doubles victories ... opened the season by winning the top-flight singles title at the BGSU Invitational ... was a perfect 3-0 in singles play both at that tourney and at the Rocket Invitational ... had an overall mark of 6-0 at the latter tourney ... named the MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week twice during the season (and five times in her career) ... earned that honor on Sept. 24 after her performance at the BGSU Invite ... also earned the S-A-O-W award on April 22, after helping the Falcons to 4-3 wins over Eastern Michigan and Toledo the previous weekend ... played one doubles match with Mary Hill, at the Rocket Invite.

2009-10
An ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Second-Team selection ... also was an All-MAC First-Team choice, after being named to the second team in each of her first two seasons ... was named BGSU's Junior Scholar-Athlete of the Year at the Academic Honors Night in April of 2010 ... the award is given to just one male and one female student-athlete in the junior class ... named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District First Team for the second consecutive year ... also named to the Academic All-MAC Team for the second time in her two years of eligibility ... was named an ITA Scholar Athlete for the third time in as many years ... led the Falcons in both singles and overall wins ... had an overall record of 43-18 on the year, tying for the 10th-most wins in a season in school history ... went 22-9 in singles play and 21-9 in doubles, all at the number-one flight ... named the MAC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Week three times on the season, and also was named MAC Player of the Week once ... went 15-7 in singles and 16-6 in doubles in dual matches, teaming with Eccleston for each doubles contest ... went 5-3 in singles and 6-2 in doubles in MAC regular-season play ... MAC P-O-W honor came on March 17, after she went a perfect 4-0 in BGSU's wins over South Dakota and Temple on the team's spring trip ... earned the MAC's S-A-O-W award on Jan. 22, Feb. 19 and April 2 ... had a 12-5 overall record in the fall ... had a 7-2 singles mark, tied for the team’s best, and went 5-3 in doubles ... went a perfect 3-0 in singles at the Belmont Invitational ... advanced to flight championships in both singles and doubles at the BGSU Invitational.

2008-09
Was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Third Team ... the first student-athlete in BGSU women’s tennis history to be named an Academic All-American ... also named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District First Team ... the only sophomore chosen to the district first team, and the first Falcon tennis player to earn academic all-district honors in six years ... named to the All-MAC Second Team for the second time in as many years at BGSU ... and, was named an ITA Scholar Athlete for the second-straight year ... also was voted to the Academic All-MAC Team ... had an overall record of 39-16, best on the team ... tied for the BG lead in both singles wins (20) and doubles victories (19) ... played at the second singles flight for most of the year, but went 3-0 in dual matches at the #1 flight ... was 9-4 at the #2 flight in dual-match play ... in doubles, was 19-9, teaming with Kelsey Jakupcin to go 11-4 in dual matches and 6-1 in conference play ... that 6-1 mark tied the school record, representing the highest winning percentage (86.7%) by a duo in league action since the 1981-82 campaign (minimum five matches) ... had a 12-match winning streak (7 singles, 5 doubles) early in the dual-match schedule ... after losing in doubles in the Jan. 16 Duquesne match, did not lose again until the UIC dual of March 20 ... after that UIC contest, went on to win 7-of-8 matches (3-1 in singles, 4-0 in doubles) over the next four dual matches, all in MAC play ... in the MAC Championships, led Toledo’s Maha Guirguis when their singles match was abandoned ... led the Falcons in singles wins (8), doubles victories (8) and total wins (16) in the fall ... was one of just two Falcons to qualify for the ITA Midwest Region Championships (Jakupcin was the other), competing in both singles and doubles ... in doubles, the duo downed two Big Ten Conference tandems, from Minnesota and Illinois, to advance to the third round ... dropped her singles match to Ohio State’s Kirsten Flower in the main draw ... her only singles losses in the fall came to Western Michigan’s Kerstin Pahl, the ‘07-08 MAC Player of the Year, and to Flower and Michigan State’s Whitney Wilson at the ITAs ... advanced to the championship match of her singles flight at the Fall MAC Invitational in Kalamazoo ... also advanced to the doubles final in that tourney ... went a perfect 3-0 in singles play at the Spartan Invitational in East Lansing ... was a co-winner of the #1 singles flight in that tournament ... won the singles title in the #2 flight at the BGSU Invitational on the season’s opening weekend.

2007-08
Made a successful transition to collegiate tennis, to say the least ... an All-MAC Second-Team selection in her freshman season ... also named an ITA Scholar Athlete ... playing at the second singles flight and the top doubles flight, led the team in singles wins and overall victories ... had an overall record of 46-15 ... was 22-7 in singles play and 24-8 in doubles action ... named the MAC Player of the Week on April 23 ... finished MAC regular-season action with a 5-3 mark in singles, and teamed with Kelsey Jakupcin for a 5-3 doubles record ... played solely at the second singles flight in dual-match action, and went 15-5 ... in doubles, teamed with Jakupcin to go 17-6 overall, including 15-6 in duals, at the number-one flight ... closed the season in style ... ended the regular season with wins in both singles and doubles vs. MAC regular-season champion Western Michigan ... in singles, downed WMU’s Priyanka Parekh in straight sets at the number-two flight, losing a total of just six games (6-2, 6-4) ... then, won at both singles and doubles vs. Eastern Michigan in the quarterfinal round of the MAC Championships ... singles win was a dominant 6-0, 6-0 decision against Aditi Krishnan, avenging a regular-season loss ... in the semifinals, was one game away from another win over Parekh when the match was abandoned (6-3, 5-3) ... had an overall record of 12-3 during the fall ... was 7-2 in singles, winning the first six matches of her collegiate singles career ... teamed with Samantha Kintzel to post a 5-1 doubles mark ... had a successful collegiate debut, going a perfect 6-0 in her first weekend ... that weekend, won flight titles in both singles and doubles at the BGSU Invitational ... won the second singles flight, and combined with Kintzel to win the second doubles flight ... went 3-1 at the top singles flight to earn runner-up honors at Cincinnati’s Queen City Invitational ... represented the Falcons at the Wilson/ITA Midwest Regional in Ann Arbor, winning her first-round qualifying singles match before falling in the second round ... in the classroom, participated in the inaugural Falcon Leadership Academy.

HIGH SCHOOL
Earned four letters at Avon Lake, teaming with her sister, Nikki, to win the state doubles title in her senior year ... Shoregals won the Southwestern Conference title in all four of her seasons, with a perfect 68-0 conference record during that time ... team also won four sectional titles, three district crowns and were state qualifiers in all four years ... individually, finished in the top 16 in the state in singles multiple times ... her school’s Student Athlete of the Year for 2007.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Rick and Sheila Chiricosta ... Full name Christine Marie Chiricosta ... born on July 28, 1989, in Toledo, Ohio ... majored in adolescent/young adult/secondary education ... had a perfect 4.00 cumulative GPA during her four years at BGSU ... has an older brother and a younger sister ... President of BGSU's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) ... both parents played collegiate tennis at Toledo ... brother, Matt, played tennis at Allegheny College ... mother coached the BGSU tennis team for three seasons (1987-88 through 1989-90), guiding the Falcons to a then-school record 15 wins in her final season ... was a teammate with her sister, Nikki, who was a freshman on the 2010-11 Falcon tennis team ... teamed with her mother to win titles at the National Mother-Daughter Clay Court Championships in both 2007 and 2008 ... was the top recruit in Ohio in the 2007 class, according to tennisrecruiting.net.